Combined hoe



Patented Deo. 22, 1891.

/N VENTO/ A TTOHNE YS (No Model.)

J. W. HURST. COMBINED HOE, PICK, AND SHOVEL.

UNITED STATES JAMES IV. I'IURS'I, OF

PATENT OFFICE.

HoToHKIss, COLORADO.

COMBINE-D HOE, PICK, AND SHOVEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 465,763, dated December22, 1891.

Application led February 9, 1891.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES W. HURST, of Hotchkiss, in the county of Deltaand State of p Colorado, have invented a new and useful Improvement in aCombined Hoe, Pick, and

Shovel, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved agricultural implement combiningin a single device a hoe, pick, and shovel; and it is the object of myinvention to so construct and combine the parts that they can beconveniently and compactly arranged, quickly and easily changed from oneimplement to another, and

when so changed the devices not in use will not interfere with the useof the other device. lVith these objects in view my invention consistsin the peculiar construction of the various elements and their novelcombination or arrangement, as will be more fully hereinafter describedand claimed.

In the drawings forming a part 4of this specification, Figure 1 is aside elevation of my improved device arranged for use as a shovel. Fig.2 is a bottom plan view of same. Fig. 3 is a side View of the deviceready for use as a hoe or pick. Fig. l is a perspective view of thesame.

In carrying out my invention I employa ferrule or holder A, whichreceives the handle II in its upper end, its low er end beingbifurcated,as clearly shown, and between the outer ends of the membersce is pivoted the tang B of a shovel C, said tang extending aconsiderable distance beyond the pivotal point, and at its free end isprovided with a pick-pointb.

Thetang B, constituting the pick implement of my device, is of suchlength and thickness that it can be folded within the bifurcated portionof the ferrule or holder when the blade is to be used as a shovel, andin order to secure the said tang Within the ferrule and hold the bladerigid I employ a laterallyswinging arm I), pivoted to the under or rearside of the ferrule, above the bfurcated portion, which arm is adaptedto be swungaround in alignment with the slotted portion, which itcovers, thus holding the tang therein. In swinging to its place over theslotted portion the arm D passes over one Vof the members d, and uponthe other member is arranged a lug or stop d', which limits the lateralmovement Serial No. 380.868. (No model.)

therein to receive the lug a.

The free end of the arm D is beveled, as at d', and the ends of themembers@ are formed with undercut shoulders CL2, beneath which of thearm, said arm having' a notch (Z cut the beveled end slides, and in theupper or ing in holding the parts secure when at an.

angle to the ferrule. In order to lock the arm in place when theimplement is used either as a shovel or pick, I provide a locking-boltE,arranged upon the outer face of the arm,said bolt working through lug e,produced upon the arm, the handle e of said bolt being secured to theinner or rear end of the bolt, said handle being slotted longitudinallyat e2, through which is passed a screw e3, by means of which the handleis secured to the arm and allowed to slide back and forth, working thebolt, said handle having a looped portion e4, affording a finger-hold. Alongitudinal lug F is produced upon the rear or under side of the tang,said lug having its end cut away or recessed to receive the end of thearm when the device is used as a shovel, and the portion of the lugwhich overlaps the end of the arm has an aperture f produced therein,which is adapted to receive the bolt and lock the arm and tang securelyin position. A similar aperturef is produced in the upper or forwardside of the tang just above the notch b', which bore receives the boltwhen the parts are arranged t'or hoeing or picking.A

From the above it will be seen that I provide an implement combining inone device IOO jecting longitudinally from the tread of the same andpointed at its free end, of a bifurcated holder, the tang being pivotedbetween the members of the same,a latelzilly-swinginp` arm pivoted tothe holder, and a locking device carried upon the said erm and adaptedro-engage the tang and lock the saine upon either side, substantially asshown and described.

2. -In a combined hoe, pick, and shovel, ihe combination, with e ferrulebifurcated at its lower end and provided with a stop and undercutshoulders, cfa blade having ai projecting tang pivoted between the.members and having recesses produced in its opposite sides, and thelaterally-swinging arno having a beveled end adapted to enter therecesses in the tang and slide beneath the undercut shoulders7substantially as shown anddescribed.

3. The combination, with thebifurcated ferrule, of the blade, the tanghaving a. recess on one side and a recessed projection on the other andapertures formed, also, upon the opposite sides, the laterallyswingingarmvpivoted to the ferrule, adapted to engage the recesses in the sidesof the tang, and the lockingbolt carried by the swinging arm and adaptedto engage the apertures in the tang, substantially as shown anddescribed.

JAMES W. I-IURST. llitiiesses:

GEO. H. DUKE, W'. F. DUKE..

